Have you noticed that pessimists don’t get equal time? Objections don’t say casually. Oh, so you’re a pessimist? I’m not an optimist myself. So, let’s talk. No. . . they say “Ooh, you’re so pessimistic.” That’s a dismissal, you understand.

 

To build your inspired piece of writing, you need five tools. Good grammar, proper syntax, clear expression, accurate punctuation, the rules of language are five tools for the intuition to use.

            You want to know what he’s afraid of? Listen to his jokes. There’s a great deal of hostility in jokes. We are hostile to what we fear, especially when we’re joking about it because it’s fearful, all right, but it’s not present, and this joke will get a laugh (he expects), so things aren’t gloomy right now. Besides which, the laugh will get me sympathy, support, and validation of my anger *maybe even my hatred. Listen to the jokes. You’ll learn plenty.